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GE MRI product specialist Alison Kenny, senior radiographer Joan Adams, consultant radiologist Dr Robert Parry, lead radiographer Emma O’Reilly, senior radiographer Kirsty Ball and advanced practitioner Iain Kennedy. St Helens Hospital, Merseyside, has received the second Signa Lift MRI upgrade in the UK, with GE Healthcare transforming an old Signa HDX MRI into a Signa […]

Sarah Binte Sulaiman. Sarah Binte Sulaiman has been awarded the Glasgow Caledonian University BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Imaging 2017 prize for best academic performance.  She also won prizes for best research performance. She said: “I am truly overwhelmed and deeply humbled to receive the academic performance prize and I would like to take this opportunity to […]

Royal Glamorgan Hospital interventional radiologist Dr Gareth Davies with BIR president Andy Rogers. More than 200 delegates attended November’s BIR Annual Congress that was introduced by BIR president Andy Rogers.  The event offered two days and four streams of thought-provoking presentations, with 14 companies in the exhibition. Dr Gareth Davies delivered the Sir Godfrey Hounsfield […]

Users are updated on Insignia’s products at the meeting in Reading. In October, Insignia Medical Systems hosted its fourth annual National User Group Meeting, welcoming users from across the country to a day of knowledge-sharing and networking. Taking place at Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, based in the Madejski Stadium complex in Reading, delegates from more […]

MR lead radiographer Dr Cynthia Eccles and lead research radiographer Dr Helen McNair with Evening Standard health editor Ross Lydall. On the eve of The International Day of Radiography, an important milestone in the clinical implementation of the UK’s first MR-linac took place when healthy volunteer Ross Lydall of the Evening Standard was imaged as […]

Dr Max Jonas in the ICU. Staff at Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit are finding point-of-care ultrasound indispensable as intensive care and anaesthesia consultant Dr Max Jonas explained: “Southampton General is a category A trauma centre, with a 25-bed general ICU.  We also treat surgical intensive care and high dependency patients, and cover surgical aspects […]

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre advanced radiographer Suzannah Patel and head of research Vicki Major. Paul Strickland Scanner Centre has highlighted the crucial role played by medical imaging in modern healthcare by supporting the International Day of Radiology 2017. The centre operates as an independent medical charity at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. Charity chief executive […]

Radiographer Gary Power, senior radiographer Nicola Newell, Philips UKI project manager Rob Glover, matron Jane Vince, Philips UKI imaging account manager Barry Heathcote and radiology manager Sue Hyett. Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital has chosen a Philips DigitalDiagnost Flex 4 x-ray system to replace an existing room. Radiology manager Sue Hyett said: “We like the […]